Archive for March, 2008
Images of the Savior (10 — The Birth of Isaac)
Friday, March 28th, 2008Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the appointed time I will return unto you, at the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. – Genesis 18:14 Of all the notable things that could be said of the life of Abraham our father, without a doubt the most outstanding is only this: he was […]
The Threat of Christian Zionism
Monday, March 24th, 2008If the phenomenal success of the bestselling Left Behind series indicates anything about the prevailing eschatological mindset across a wide swath of the evangelical landscape in modern America, then we would do well to pause and consider. Where is this fascination with the sensational, and frequently outright bizarre, interpretation of the significance of current events […]
Images of the Savior (9 — The Destruction of Sodom)
Friday, March 21st, 2008The sun came out upon the earth, and Lot went to Zoar. And Yahweh rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh, out of heaven. And he overthrew all those cities, and all the surrounding region, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the growth of the ground. But his wife […]
Coming to Christ
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Before I saw Christ, oh, how I feared to come to God! He was holy and I was sinful. He was righteous and I was guilty. He was wrathful and I was a child of wrath, deserving of every eternal torment. But then God’s merciful Spirit opened my eyes to the King of Glory, and […]
Images of the Savior (8 — Abraham’s Victory and Melchizedek’s Blessing)
Friday, March 14th, 2008And Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought out bread and wine (now, he was the priest of the Most High God), and he blessed him, and he said, “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, the Possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered your enemies into […]
Lovely Progression
Monday, March 10th, 2008Jesus, how sweet your virgin birth, Deep, lovely mystery: Out from the unsewn womb sprang forth God of eternity! I kneel before your bed so rough, My Savior in a feeding trough, Divine before the world began, And now in time become a man. Jesus, how sweet your life on earth, Your […]
Images of the Savior (7 — Abraham’s Sojourn in Egypt)
Friday, March 7th, 2008And Yahweh smote Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife; and Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not reveal to me that she is your wife? Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her […]
After Darkness, Light
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008The Dragon and the Whore or A Parable for America in the Twenty-First Century The death-stroke fell; still reeling at the blow, The Dragon roared in mortal agony And spewed hot venom at the woman’s seed, Contesting fiercely him who crushed him so. Ah, vainly! for his people straight did […]
Later Lyrics
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Stanzas No, I shall not now weep. – E’en tears are a comfort that I scarce can bear, So deeply do I grieve; profound despair I will sit and savor to its bitterest drop: And while the calm and weary hours creep, I will ask of them nothing, – save not to stop. No. – I […]
Portraits from Scripture
Monday, March 3rd, 2008The Preacher The sun ariseth every morn, And soon doth set; The generation newly born Abideth yet; Long history, though, doth forewarn, Its hopes, its dreams, will come to scorn: The earth beholds man come and pass forlorn, Nor doth abet. What profit hath a man of all His labor done? What toilsome trouble doth befall; – What sorrows run! What foolish hope in vain doth […]